A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Alesha Mart Chairman Md Monzur Alam Sikder and three others in a case filed with Banani Police Station over laundering Tk 421 crore collected from the customers.
As many as 19,623 cases against 50 e-commerce companies involving about Tk 600 crore filed with the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) are pending, leaving the customers in a state of limbo over their money.
A consumer rights protection law with strong provisions has been effective since 2009. The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has been aggressively running mobile courts for two years. Consumers, however, hardly feel assured
Alesha Mart Customers Association (AMCA) yesterday demanded the government take necessary steps to refund the money paid to purchase motorbikes from the e-commerce company as soon as possible.